Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
At a star-spangled awards ceremony, presented by Edith Bowman, in Glasgow last night, the 2012 BAFTA in Scotland awards were handed out. Winners included household names such as Billy Connolly (lifetime achievement award), Gregor Fisher (Best TV Actor) and Stuart Cosgrove (Outstanding contribution to Broadcasting). However, for the second year in a row, all eyes …
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The 2012 Creative Scotland awards has come in for some criticism in recent weeks. We kicked off, asking why digital media and interactive entertainment had no categories, alongside more traditional areas such as film, television, music and literature. Then the rest of the country had a go, wondering why the judging panel was exclusively male, …
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The Scottish Game Jam is a 48 hour game development marathon which takes place every January, as part of the larger Global Game Jam, which pulls in teams and individuals over over the world, competing to make a new game in only two days. Scotland's Game Jam has taken place in Glasgow Caledonian University for …
It's the start of awards season in the games world. From now until Christmas, an array of glittering and glamorous awards ceremonies will be taking place across the length and breadth of the UK, as various organisations hand out a variety of trophies, awards, gongs, certificates and other endorsements, to game developers, publishers and associated …
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The nominations for the 2012 BAFTA In Scotland awards were announced yesterday. Alongside the glamour and household names in the film and actor categories, the far more vital and fascinating games category nominees were named. They are, in no particular order: Bad Hotel - Lucky Frame iBomber Defense Pacific - Cobra Golf Squared - Dynamo Games Bad Hotel is, we all know, a tower …
The 2012 TIGA Awards nominations have been announced, with several Scottish companies and teams included. There are several categories where Scotland is well represented - most notably the student games category which, thanks to Dare to be Digital, we dominate almost entirely. However there are many categories which rather inexplicably don't include any games from …
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It emerged a few weeks ago that the 2012 Creative Scotland Awards had categories for film, TV, music, performing arts but games, interactive entertainment and digital media had been neglected. We've since had several conversations with representatives from Creative Scotland who have gone some way to explaining why games didn't appear in the awards. Put …
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The Independent Game Developers Association, or TIGA to their chums (and it's pronounced 'tiger' - see the logo for confirmation) have announced the 2012 TIGA Awards. They're open for entries. Many entries are open to everyone, not just members. There are a huge range of categories covering everything from casual, social, online, debut, student and …
Previously on Protoplay... Having never missed a Protoplay since its inception, PP:2012 will be my 6th, and I'm fortunate enough to have seen it from pretty much every angle available, staff helper, contestant (and winner!), and plain old attendee. This year I get to see it with a reporter's eyes, thanks to ScottishGames (I promise …
Dear game developers... The BAFTA In Scotland 2012 competition has less than one week to go before entries close. There is a dedicated games category. If you enter it, you could win a BAFTA. BAFTA winners are glamorous and successful and can tell everybody that they are BAFTA AWARD WINNERS. Winning is a good thing, …
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